National League 2N

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s National League 2N news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.

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Blaydon

Bournville

Chester

Fylde

Harrogate

Huddersfield

Hull

Hull Ionians

Loughborough Students

Luctonians

Otley

Preston Grasshoppers

Rotherham

Sedgley Park

Sheffield

Sheffield Tigers

Stourbridge

Tynedale

Wharfedale

Kivalu at the double as Titans make it ten in row

10 March 2024 0 comments

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T… 42 Hull Ionians….. 17 ROTHERHAM Titans shrugged off a slow start to rack up a tenth straight win, capped by […]

Vassallo stars as Otley are denied

10 March 2024 0 comments

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale……………..26 Otley……………………..22 A BITTERLY cold day did not prevent a cracking game between two well-matched sides as Tynedale narowly held off Otley. […]

Davies’ late try grabs Tykes win

10 March 2024 0 comments

By JOHN CLARK Wharfedale………….. 8 Leeds Tykes……….. 12 AN eagerly anticipated match after Wharfedale’s impressive second-half perfor mance in the first meeting had everything that […]

Drama as Smith’s big kick seals it

10 March 2024 0 comments

By STUART McCRACKEN Fylde……………….23pts Sheffield…………22pts FYLDE picked up a massive victory at the Woodlands to down high-flying Sheffield by a single point. The home side […]

Whinn starts fightback as Tigers are finally tamed

10 March 2024 0 comments

By MIKE BROWN Billingham………….. 30 Sheffield Tigers…. 19 BILLINGHAM came from behind and survived a late onslaught to tame Tigers. Billingham started brightly but it […]

Battling Hull find Shard too sharp

10 March 2024 0 comments

By MO SHER Lymm……………………28 Hull……………………….22 THE unerring boot of Thomas Shard led Lymm to victory against Hull in an engrossing affair at Beechwood. Adam Fletcher’s […]

Field flattened by happy Hoppers

10 March 2024 0 comments

By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G…………….. 70 Huddersfield………. 19 A RUTHLESS Preston Grasshoppers blew away a sorry Huddersfield at Lightfoot Green with Hoppers’ fly-half Will Hunt […]

Seabourne up for challenge as Tykes face tough run-in

10 March 2024 0 comments

By WILLIAM GUPWELL Leeds Tykes director of rugby Pete Seabourne is relishing the challenge as his side make the final charge for promotion back to […]

Billingham boys hope to March way to survival

3 March 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Newly-promoted Billingham are up against it at the tail end of their campaign, and head coach Peter Evans says they have found […]

Another week and another cruel loss for Field

25 February 2024 0 comments

By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield…32 Fylde…………….. 34 A DRAMATIC late turnaround saw unlucky Huddersfield thwarted for a second week in a row. With 14 minutes remaining, […]

Dean a delight as Hull enjoy top win

25 February 2024 0 comments

By RICHARD GORE Hull………………………. 21 Wharfedale………… 10 HULL’S first victory against a top-four side was based on a team effort of relentless tackling and good […]

It’s 12th time lucky for battling Ionians

25 February 2024 0 comments

By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians………… 31 Lymm…………………… 19 AT the 12th time of asking, Hull Ionians pulled off a victory that has helped alleviate the […]

Super subs seal a superb success

25 February 2024 0 comments

By ADAM DICKINSON Sheffield…………27pts Tynedale……….. 19pts SHEFFIELD pulled away from a dogged Tynedale side to record a bonus-point victory after key second-half interventions from Jason […]

Hawksworth helps to hand Tigers another triumph

25 February 2024 0 comments

By ADAM CLEARY Sheffield Tigers….32 Preston G……………..26 SHEFFIELD Tigers made it five wins from their last six games with a bonus-point victory over Preston Grasshoppers. […]

Top man Turpin robs the visitors

25 February 2024 0 comments

By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes………..57 Billingham………….. 13 LEEDS Tykes remain unbeaten after another convincing victory over struggling Billingham. The visitors opened the scoring with a […]

A loss for Moss as Titans spoil party

25 February 2024 0 comments

By NICK DOYLE Otley…………………….. 13 Rotherham T……….34 JASON Moss made his 200th league appearance, but despite a Titanic performance, Otley couldn’t overturn the Titans. Rotherham […]

Minikin ready to see battle going right down to wire

25 February 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Hull Ionians finished third in National Two North last year but are up against it at the wrong end of the table […]

Baker’s late blow sinks the plucky strugglers

18 February 2024 0 comments

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield T…… 34 Huddersfield…32 ALATE Will Baker penalty deep into added time gave 14-man Sheffield Tigers an unlikely win against a much-improved […]

Indisciplined Fylde pay highest price

18 February 2024 0 comments

By BRIAN TILLEY Tynedale……………..45 Fylde…………………….22 TWO penalty tries and a red card cost an impressive Fylde side heavily in an entertaining match. Fylde led 12-10 […]

Dominant Dale prove too strong

18 February 2024 0 comments

By EDWIN WILLIAMS Wharfedale…………3 9 Hull Ionians………… 19 DALE produced another dominant display to see off the challenge of Hull Ionians. Robbie Davidson took Dale […]

Oh boy! Newborn the hero for Titans

18 February 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Rotherham T….32pts Sheffield………… 14pts FLANKER Harry Newborn powered through in the corner for Rotherham’s fifth try as Titans came through a g […]

Missed Billingham chances gift Hull the victory

18 February 2024 0 comments

By MIKE BROWN Billingham…………..24. Hull………………………. 30 BILLINGHAM were left to rue missed chances as Hull stole in to take the spoils. Despite Billingham dominating early […]

Pilkington helps to plot a Lymm party

18 February 2024 0 comments

By NICK DOYLE Lymm…………………… 15 Otley…………………….. 14 THERE was cause for great celebration as Lymm savoured their first league win against Otley, with Ste Pilkington […]

It’s six of the best as Tykes march on

18 February 2024 0 comments

By TOM KELLY Preston G…………….. 14 Leeds Tykes………..45 THE Grasshoppers put up a fight in the rain, but Leeds Tykes showcased their promotion aspirations with […]

In-form Fisher aiming to net a big catch for steel city club

18 February 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Sheffield have enjoyed a miraculous improvement from last season, helped along the way by scrum-half Elliot Fisher, who is a prime contender […]

Field are torn apart as in-form Tynedale run riot

11 February 2024 0 comments

By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield…19 Tynedale……….57 RELENTLESS Tynedale cruised to a nine-try demolition at rockbottom Huddersfield. The hard-working visitors, who had wrapped up the bonus point […]

Faraimo hat-trick seals win for Hull

11 February 2024 0 comments

By RICHARD GORE Hull……………………….40 Preston G……………..33 HULL came back from a 19-point deficit to record their eighth win in sensational style. The first 20 minutes […]

It’s tries aplenty as points are shared

11 February 2024 0 comments

By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians…………38 Billingham…………..38 HULL Ionians and Billingham shared the spoils in a thriller. It was Billingham who dominated early when Ryan Foreman […]

Cometh the hour, cometh Campbell

11 February 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Sheffield…………28pts Lymm…………….. 24pts SHEFFIELD hooker Rhodri Campbell became the hero of the hour as the Welshman muscled through several Lymm defenders to […]

Destructive Dale destroy Otley as record tumbles

11 February 2024 0 comments

By NICK DOYLE Otley………………………..0 Wharfedale…………41 IN-FORM Wharfedale recorded their highest ever league score against Otley in a demolition job, blowing them away in the second […]

Charlie Capps a top Titans triumph

11 February 2024 0 comments

By STUART MCCRACKEN Fylde…………………….27 Rotherham T……….32 ROTHERHAM picked up a bonus-point win in a bruising encounter at Fylde to make it six wins in a […]

Delighted Dixon is leaders’ hero

11 February 2024 0 comments

By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes………..49 Sheffield Tigers…… 6 LEADERS Leeds Tykes produced a clinical second-half display, romping home to a commanding victory over Sheffield Tigers. […]

Rotherham relish Titanic title tussle with Tykes

11 February 2024 0 comments

By BEN CONEYBEARE In any other league, in any other year, losing only a single game to this point in the season would put any […]

Tykes are on track but job’s far from done

11 February 2024 0 comments

COACH TO COACH Former Richmond DoR Steve Hill talks to Mike Aspinall, below, head coach at Leeds Tykes, who are currently top of National Two […]

Very close for Ionians but there’s no cigar!

4 February 2024 0 comments

National 2N By MALCOLM KNOWLES Hull Ionians……25pts Sheffield T……..26pts Touching down: Oliver Butterworth scores for Sheffield Tigers, and right, James Sanderson scores Ionians’ third try […]

Tykes show their class to blow Hull away

4 February 2024 0 comments

National 2N By RICHARD GORE Hull……………………….22 Leeds Tykes………..58 HULL were outgunned by a very good Leeds side. But despite missing some key players and sustaining […]

It’s a magnificent seven for Otley

4 February 2024 0 comments

National 2N By NICK DOYLE Otley……………………..48 Huddersfield……….28 OTLEY secured their highest league score against Huddersfield with seven tries to bring local bragging rights. Ben Waddington […]

Armstrong gives Dale the strength

4 February 2024 0 comments

National 2N By EDWIN WILLIAMS . Wharfedale………… 31 Billingham……………. 7 WHARFEDALE got back to winning ways on their long-awaited return to the Avenue, winning by […]

Makin determined to lead struggling Ionians to safety

4 February 2024 0 comments

By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON In Joe Makin’s 15 years as a player and now head coach at Hull Ionians, he has witnessed first-hand the club’s fluctuating […]

Titans in show of strength on big day for Dunne

28 January 2024 0 comments

By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T.. 42 Tynedale………… 7 HARRY Dunne marked his 100th Rotherham appearance with a try as the promotion-chasing side negotiated a tricky […]

Another thriller at Greenwood Road

28 January 2024 0 comments

By MIKE BROWN Billingham…………..29 Otley…………………….40 THE game finished five tries a piece, but Otley’s Gavin Stead was clinical with his boot to take the spoils, […]

Fylde turn on the style to reach 50

28 January 2024 0 comments

By SIMON TAYLOR Lymm……………………28 Fylde……………………. 50 FYLDE outscored Lymm seven tries to four in a frantic encounter at Crouchley Lane. Greg Smith danced through the […]

Tigers on the prowl as first 40 sets tone

28 January 2024 0 comments

By MO SHER Sheffield T……..36pts Hull…………………. 17pts FOR those doubting the motivation and desire of the two sides at Dore More, there was the strongest […]

Perfect Fisher helps reel in victory for Sheffield SHEFFIELD

28 January 2024 0 comments

By ANDREW SMITH Sheffield …………….. 31 Wharfedale………… 14 TWO quickfire second-half tries clinched yet another richly deserved bonus-point win for high-flying Sheffield yesterday. In a […]

Tykes shuffle pack but stay unbeaten

28 January 2024 0 comments

By BEN CROPPER Leeds Tykes………..57 Huddersfield………. 17 FRONTRUNNERS Leeds Tykes showed their squad depth as a rotated line-up amassed a convincing, yet somewhat disjointed, win. […]

Home comforts at last for Hoppers

28 January 2024 0 comments

By BEN PITKEATHLY Preston G……………. 44 Hull Ionians…………35 A TYLER Spence hattrick gave Preston Grasshoppers their first home win of the season in a thrilling […]

Green Machine flourishing in their modest surroundings

28 January 2024 0 comments

By MATTHEW LUDDINGTON The small village of Threshfield has a population of only 923, but is home to one of Yorkshire’s most formidable rugby teams, […]

High-flyers made to battle for points

21 January 2024 0 comments

Sheffield………………26 Billingham ………… 13 By MO SHER National 2 North HIGH-FLYING Sheffield weren’t at their best at Abbeydale, but had enough to ease past a […]

Tynedale turn on style after break

21 January 2024 0 comments

Tynedale …………….36 Lymm…………………… 18 By BRIAN TILLEY National 2 North A TOP-NOTCH second-half performance saw Tynedale claim maximum points. The match only went ahead after […]

Cicognini in at the double for eager Dale

21 January 2024 0 comments

Fylde………………… 7pts Wharfedale….. 24pts By STUART McCRACKEN National 2 North WHARFEDALE returned to action with a massive win away to in-form Fylde thanks to a […]